Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-02-05

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Promachonas border closed

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Promachonas border closed

The border post at Promachonas will remain closed for all vehicles. Trucks loaded with perishable goods headed for Bulgaria are being redirected, with police assistance, to the Evzoni border crossing at Kilkis or the border station of Exohi at Drama.

Caption:ANA-MPA file photo of Farmers at the blockade of Promachonas, Greece-Bulgaria crossing border.

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The results of the tender for the privatization of national aircarrier Olympic Airways, the shooting injury of a private security company employee by a police guard outside the US ambassador's residence in Athens and the proclamation by a new urban guerrilla group calling itself the "Rebels Secta" that claimed the recent shooting attack on a police station in Korydallos dominated the headlines on Thursday in Athens' newspapers.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Main opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou's eyes were affected by teargas? Half the government must resign! - Melodramatic opposition by PASOK".

APOGEVMATINI: "Primary school pupils are enrolled in (private) tutorial classes" claims survey conducted by the newspaper".

AVGHI: "Upsurge in poverty's upsurge before the global financial crisis actually hits Greece, according to VPRC opinion poll company's annual report for 2008".

AVRIANI: "Government on general elections course - Signal for ballots after the conclusion of benefits to major social group".

CHORA: "US embassy guards play Russian roulette - Bullet from officer's revolver hit a security guard in the throat".

ELEFTHEROS: "Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos: We do not have a national plan to confront the crisis".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "The 'twilight' of poverty for 530,000 Greeks - The number of the financially weaker sky-rocketed in 2008".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: " 'Psycho scenes' outside US ambassador's residence - A police officer shot and seriously injured an embassy private guard".

ESTIA: "Teargas and cockroaches - All are a part of the (TV) battle of impressions".

ETHNOS: "Unbelievable incident: A police officer shot a private security guard".

KATHIMERINI: "New case of police incompetence - A policeman shot a guard outside the US envoy's residence".

LOGOS: "Greek Police placed on .....suspension - New injury to the police's image".

NIKI: "This is Karamanlis' Greece: The Greeks are the poorest EU citizens".

RIZOSPASTIS: "United counter-attack movement of the poor farmers, workers, self-employed".

TA NEA: "New Democracy in shambles - Everyone against everyone else in the government".

TO VIMA: "Just one month after the reshuffle, the government is falling apart - Strife between Ministers and ruling New Democracy (ND) MPs".

VRADYNI: "Wild bullets - Unprecedented incident outside US envoy's residence in Athens".

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